Andrew Jackson: “At the last session of Congress I felt it my duty to decline complying with a request made by the House of…”

At every hazard and by every sacrifice this Union must be preserved.

If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.